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Seabees, From Omaha To Okinawa: A Sequel to Can Do!
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Seabees, From Omaha To Okinawa: A Sequel to Can Do! Paperback - 2014

by William Bradford Huie


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  • Title Seabees, From Omaha To Okinawa: A Sequel to Can Do!
  • Author William Bradford Huie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Date 2014-05-04
  • ISBN 9781484015513 / 1484015517
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.72 in (22.91 x 15.19 x 1.83 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's

About the author

William Bradford "Bill" Huie (November 13, 1910 - November 20, 1986) was an American journalist, editor, publisher, television interviewer, screenwriter, lecturer, and novelist. Born in Hartselle, Alabama, Huie was the son of John Bradford and Margaret Lois Brindley Huie, and was the eldest of three children. He attended Morgan County High School and graduated as class valedictorian. He then attended the University of Alabama, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1930. From 1932 to 1936, Huie worked for the newspaper The Birmingham Post. In 1934, he married his grammar school sweetheart, Ruth Puckett. In late 1938, Huie was in Los Angeles and took it upon himself to work as an undercover reporter to gather information on gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. He reported on his experiences in the December 1950 edition of the American Mercury.During World War II, he served in the United States Navy, for a time as aide to Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the famous Seabees. While chronicling the wartime activity of the Seabees, Lieutenant Huie had special permission to continue his own writing projects, both fiction and nonfiction, dealing primarily with the war. His Navy experiences, including his participation in D-Day, would become the basis for his 1959 novel The Americanization of Emily, adapted into the 1964 film of the same name starring James Garner and Julie Andrews. Both Garnerand Andrews consider it the personal favorite of their films. Released from the Navy in 1945, Huie went immediately to the Pacific theater as a war correspondent. His experiences at Iwo Jima became the basis for the nonfiction work "The Hero of Iwo Jima," published in The Hero of Iwo Jima and Other Stories in 1962, the tragic story of flag-raiser Ira Hayes. Huie's account was developed into the 1961 film The Outsider with Tony Curtis. His experiences in Hawaii during the war became the basis for the novel The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1951), which was developed into the 1956 film of the same name starring Jane Russell.
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